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Plans for 600-home Berkswell village expansion
A village with a population of about 3,000 people could see 600 new homes David Wilson Homes Mercia has applied to Solihull Council for outline permission to develop an area at Hawkshurst Moor Farm in the site, on Broad Lane, could also get a "multi-faith burial ground" with space for a maximum of 425 burials per developer said it was needed because cemeteries in Birmingham, Solihull and Coventry were "close to capacity and will not be able to serve the long term needs for these areas".
A previous plan to build a solar farm on part of the 67-hectare site was turned down by the authority and a government planning inspector in the late 2010s as it was deemed inappropriate development of the green is now under way on the latest proposal, with a closing date for submission of views of 29 July.
This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service which covers councils and other public service organisations.
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